A memorial service to celebrate the life of Margaret E. Sanders, 80, will be held at Faith Chapel Funeral Home in Cantonment Fla. on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2014 at 11 a.m.
Margaret was born in Big Springs, Texas on March 25, 1934 to Paul Stadler Ellis and Mazzie Wright Ellis.
She was a 1952 graduate of Tate High School.
She married James D. Sanders on Feb. 28, 1960, who survives her after 54 years of marriage.
They reared four sons, Kenneth M. Sanders, Robert C. Sanders, Carl D. Sanders and Byron J. Sanders in the Elsanor community, where she was also active in volunteering.
After retiring from a lengthy civil service career with the Naval Aviation Depot in Pensacola, where she served with the public affairs officer, she continued to work for the Providence Family Medical Center.
She shared a love for decorating cakes, writing stories, painting and sewing with family and friends.
Her siblings and she were very close: Alvin D. Ellis (deceased), Paula E. Nighbert of Hilliard Fla.; Charles E. Ellis of Cantonment Fla. and James Ellis of Fredericksburg, Texas.
Her 10 grandchildren called her “Gink.” They are Thomas, Hannah, Marrah, Joseph, Aaron, Emily, Adam, Maria, Curry, and Robert Jr.
She was a longtime member of Little Flock Primitive Baptist Church in Molino, Fla. and loved to sing from the “Old School Hymnal.”
